Show SAILOR DESPONDENT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE SALT LAKE Aug 30 Immedi 30 Immedi Immediate ate response of the police followed by prompt treatment at the emergency emergency ency hospital Is believed to have saved the life le of M. M V. V 24 of North Eastern Mass after he had attempted att suicide late Monday afternoon in a downtown hotel by slashing his wrists with a razor and then drinking a a quantity of poison polon BirnIe in a a. statement to detec detec- detectives detectives detectives tives said that he was honorably discharged from the navy on Au Au- August August August gust 23 1027 1927 and while en route to his home from the Pacific coast COlSt stopped sto ped in Salt Lake LakeI I I made the mistake mistake- of going on ona ona ona a toot and spending all my money BIrnIe explained And being dis dis- discouraged discouraged dis- dis discouraged and despondent I decided to end It all |